Food Drunk: New Orleans food truck guide

Only a rarified few artists can claim to have given the world a masterpiece. Michelangelo left us the frescos on the Sistine Chapel. Orson Wells directed "Citizen Kane." And Food Drunk, the New Orleans food truck, created the king cake burger.

The hamburger, which debuted in the height of the 2014 Carnival season, is fresh ground Angus brisket and cheddar cheese on a brioche bun with purple, green and gold icing. That first Mardi Gras, Food Drunk sold 10,000.

P.J. Haines, who runs the truck, gets the credit for the king cake burger, which Food Drunk now sells year round.

"We might've had a couple of cocktails and some king cake was there," he said about the moment when he was struck by sweet and savory inspiration.

Haines had 18 years of experience catering movies before he launched Food Drunk, the name taken from a Thomas Edison quote bemoaning our nation's gluttony and sloth.

"When you're doing (movie) productions," he said, "you have to keep in certain guidelines. We thought, let's do a food truck and cook what we want to cook."

What Haines wants to cook varies by the day. And his truck, unlike most, has all the equipment of a full kitchen, so he can make almost anything. But you're guaranteed to find plenty on Food Drunk's menu that's fatty and filling. Just the kind of diet that made Edison apoplectic.